Saturday

2.22.2025

Hello, how are you

The days are finally getting a little warmer and brighter, so it’s been really nice out

On Friday, somehow the schedules lined up that both my brother and my cousin could come visit, so we went out together to celebrate a belated birthday dinner for my brother. It has been such a long time since all 3 of us were able to have a meal together, so we were overjoyed to have this opportunity!

To celebrate, we went to Hako, which is one of our local favourites here, known for their great katsu, but also delicious sushi rolls, udon bowls, sashimi salad - all in huge portions. My brother loves it so much that he used to want to get this every week, despite the far drive

So happy my dangie got to try Hako! It was so fun to catch up with everyone

Finally, the weights I ordered arrived. I was thinking that on my off-studio days, I can still do a few reps or supplement my back/core exercises.

These are Merach adjustable weights, which I settled on after a lot of digging around for cute, yet practical dumbbells & suitable for the weight amounts that I was looking for. I got the set from their Aliexpress storefront, but I’ve seen it on other stores too as I think it is quite popular for its pastel colours Since they ship Fedex from the US, I got it in one day!

I haven’t done a workout yet with it yet, but from testing it out briefly, the adjustable weights seem really well attached - removing them was initially difficult until I found instructions on the shop page (weirdly, they include instructions to add weights, but not remove them lol). Actually, I am quite surprised at how well-designed these seem!

My other thought is that hopefully they are easy to grip once you get sweaty (lol). You can attach/detach the weights to get them from 2.2lb-8.8lb each From my studio workouts, I know I struggle with > 7.5lb weights for most exercises, so this range is suitable for me!

The quiet and subtle design is really appealing, but I’ll have to report back if these work well in an actual session! Though my workouts are not as intense as other weightlifting, I’ve been enjoying the sessions at my studio when we get to the weights part - so this will be a fun add on my off days.